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DICOM tag · Series

Series Number (0020,0011)

Tag(0020,0011)
KeywordSeriesNumber
VRIS
VM1

What it holds

A number identifying the series within the study, assigned by the equipment.

In migrations and validation

Not unique. Duplicates are common, especially after reprocessing. Use Series Instance UID, not Series Number, to compare series.

Related tags

More series tags

Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.

About the author

Aviram Biton

Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS

Aviram Biton founded DICOMATICS and leads its engineering work. He has spent two decades with medical imaging data: PACS and VNA migrations, multi-site consolidations, interfaces and data quality for US hospitals and health systems.

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